Skip the crowds (and expense) of
a European summer and discover
the hidden wonderscloser to homeCOMO POINT YAMU,
PHUKETT
here’s a certain level of
luxury thatyou expect when
you book a stay at a Como
property, and its Phuket
outpost, a 35-minute drive south-
east from the airport to Point
Yamu, lives up to the hype.
Locatedwithin a private housing
estate that’ll have you picking your
ultimate holiday house as
yourtransfer drives through the
streets and up towards the hotel’s
grandiose lobby, the 79-roomproperty looks out across the tidal
waters of the Andaman Sea. It’s
a decent drive into the busier parts
of Phuket – half an hour to Old
Phuket Town, 50 minutes to Patong- but if your vacation MO is as low-
key as they come, there’s enough
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kick back and enjoy the fact that
you’re downing a mojito in sunny
Thailand and your “Ĝ”is
well and truly switched on.
The resort’s features are up there
with the best: the Como Shambhala
wellness centre provides massages,
facials, exercise classes and the like,
and the hotel’s main pool is divided
into sections according to whether
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cannonball and so on. Through the
resort you can book a day trip to
Phi Phi Island, go deep-sea diving
or borrow bikes to ride through
Yamu Village, but if you only leave
the grounds once make sure it’s to
visit Como Beach Club. It’s found
on the nearby island of Naka Yai – an
exclusive alternative to Surin Beach
that’s lessCast Awayand moreSwiss
Family Robinson, and accessed via
SPOTLIGHT ON
SOUTH-
EAST
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LIFESTYLE GOALS
Book a Bay Suite
(above), where the
circular tub beckons
and the mood
lighting is on point162 ELLE AUSTRALIA